• DocumentCode
    1412793
  • Title

    The reading railroad´s suburban electrification

  • Author

    Wright, G. I.

  • Author_Institution
    Reading Company, Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1933
  • fDate
    3/1/1933 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    155
  • Lastpage
    161
  • Abstract
    In spite of a doubling of trains and train miles, and schedules faster by 20 per cent, the cost of suburban operation has been lowered substantially by electrification. Resulting service improvements have changed an appreciable traffic loss to a traffic increase. Important details of the system and its equipment are described here.
  • Keywords
    Copper; Degradation; Insulation life; Rails; Substations; Traction motors; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1933.6430655
  • Filename
    6430655